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<div dir="ltr">I'm afraid to say that it isn't abandoned as I am also using it in rural mapping as described below.<br><br>I would agree with the comment that people could tag, barrier=gate and entrance=yes and this would then no longer identify the current use of barrier=entrance which is a gap in the barrier. Changing to using entrance=yes could therefore result in a loss of useful information.<br><br>I did look at entrance=* when deciding which tag to initially use and the wiki seems to be written in the context of an urban environment and entering something. This left me with barrier=entrance. I would think in terms of passing through barrier so this is easier to remember as a tag. The wiki could do with some more detail but it seemed to fit better with the the general use of barrier=* in a rural context. I must admit I was under the impression that a tag only became abandoned when it failed to progress in the proposal stage. This tag seems to be in use given the taginfo is at more than 36000 so I don't quite understand how it can be abandoned.<br><br>I think that the status of abandoned should be removed. I do however note that entrance=* is in the barrier=hedge wiki page for a gap, which adds to the confusion. There is no such description in the fence or wall wiki page but I was told that such a description should really be in the general barrier wiki page as it is relevant to all barriers.<br><br>Dudley<br><br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 04:01:51 +0200<br>> From: lowflight66@googlemail.com<br>> To: tagging@openstreetmap.org<br>> Subject: Re: [Tagging] When was barrier=entrance abandoned ?<br>> <br>> On 08.05.2013 03:32, Tobias Knerr wrote:<br>> > On 08.05.2013 02:56, fly wrote:<br>> >> On the wiki [1] barrier=entrance is marked as abandoned. Did I miss<br>> >> something or was this another edit without discussion ?<br>> > <br>> > I don't remember a discussion about this.<br>> > <br>> > A problem with the edit is that entrance=* is not limited to the cases<br>> > that barrier=entrance covers. For example, a barrier=gate could also be<br>> > an entrance=yes/main.<br>> > <br>> > Of course we could adopt the assumption that a node of a linear barrier<br>> > with entrance=* and without any barrier=* tag has the same meaning as<br>> > barrier=entrance does now, but imo that interpretation should be<br>> > confirmed by a discussion.<br>> <br>> I do use the two tags in a different way. If it is an entrance leading<br>> to something (eg. building/amenity) I would use entrance=* but for a<br>> small opening within a wall/fence I use barrier=entrance. This way I do<br>> not have to cut the linear barrier.<br>> <br>> > PS - fixed link:<br>> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:barrier=entrance<br>> <br>> Sorry<br>> <br>> fly<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Tagging mailing list<br>> Tagging@openstreetmap.org<br>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging<br></div></div>
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